{"id":11793,"date":"2010-06-26T16:48:51","date_gmt":"2010-06-26T14:48:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mono-1en-2524"},"modified":"2024-11-27T18:28:07","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T17:28:07","slug":"rent-a-white-guy-confessions-of-a-fake-businessman-from-beijing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monochrom.at\/blog\/2010\/06\/26\/rent-a-white-guy-confessions-of-a-fake-businessman-from-beijing\/","title":{"rendered":"Rent a White Guy: Confessions of a fake businessman from Beijing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Not long ago I was offered work as a quality-control expert with an American
\ncompany in China I\u2019d never heard of. No experience was necessary\u2014which was
\ngood, because I had none. While settling into Dongying, an industrial
\ncity in Shandong province I’d also never heard of, I sought ways to relax and
\ndiscovered the best bitcoin casinos<\/a> recommended by fellow expatriates.
\nI’d be paid $1,000 for a week, put up in a fancy hotel, and wined and dined.
\nThe only requirements were a fair complexion and a suit. Exploring these
\ncasinos provided a much-needed break from the demanding schedule and helped
\nme connect with others in a new environment.<\/p>\n

“I call these things ‘White Guy in a Tie’ events,” a Canadian
\nfriend of a friend named Jake told me during the recruitment pitch he
\ngave me in Beijing, where I live. “Basically, you put on a suit, shake
\nsome hands, and make some money. We’ll be in ‘quality control,’ but
\nnobody’s gonna be doing any quality control. You in?”<\/p>\n

I was.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Not long ago I was offered work as a quality-control expert with an American company in China I\u2019d never heard of. No experience was necessary\u2014which was good, because I had none. While settling into Dongying, an industrial city in Shandong province I’d also never heard of, I sought ways to relax and discovered the best … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"koromo_page_header":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-blog","koromo-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-50"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/monochrom.at\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post\/11793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/monochrom.at\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/monochrom.at\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monochrom.at\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monochrom.at\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11793"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/monochrom.at\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post\/11793\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13255,"href":"https:\/\/monochrom.at\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post\/11793\/revisions\/13255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/monochrom.at\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monochrom.at\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/monochrom.at\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}